Masters Of The Air(waves)! Oh yeah- I’m designing a working bomb bay for that baby- check me if you want the design - it should hold a half dozen eggs. Gotta get a big frying pan for a target! Background info- that 1875mm B-17 is the last plane the talented Mr Laing designed for the long defunct HC Hobby. His previous designs for them included the 1200mm FW-190 with the short legs and massive plastic nose (GREAT flier- check our “Chin Scrapin’ Tail Draggers” video- I put Dynam FW legs on it, and it looks FABULOUS), the original 1400mm B-25, which was immediately copied by FMS, and the only really scale 1400mm Mosquito foamie. (Both of those planes had the first plastic door with sequencer landing gear doors!) Right after they produced the Mosquito, HC folded- what a drag! (I ultimately enlivened the flaps and bomb bay on mine- still haven’t made a video of it, though) Like on the B-17, his Mosquito design has wing mounted ESCs, inside the working leading edge radiators at the wingroot - I love it! HC Hobby never produced the B-17, and Mr Liang opened his own factory and started with the B-17 as his first plane. (I call him Mr Liang because that’s how Suzanne at HC Hobby always referred to him, and I never learned his first name) Much better decal set nowadays, by the way. And yeah, magnets are the way to go for the ball turret. Kenny smart man.
I'm looking to get my first rc aircraft. It's obvious i shouldn't start with something like this, but wow would i like to work up to a beauty like this one day.
Just got one from ebay. I swear it's got to be fake. My manual doesn't look like that. Don't see any wing spars are where they could go. Looks kinda strange to me right now. Came like New in box parts still in plastic. My manual is color and full of Chinese kids and people poseing with it. Idk what I have my hands on right now. Looks the part just visually
Nice Kenny
I have this one. Glad they are coming back. Flies awesomely for its size. Woot woot woot
Very nice looking B-17.Can't wait to see it all together,and then in the air.Thank you Kenny,and hope all is good with you.
Good job kenny
I didn't think they made this anymore. 😊
Awesome, Ive been eyeballing these too
Masters Of The Air(waves)! Oh yeah- I’m designing a working bomb bay for that baby- check me if you want the design - it should hold a half dozen eggs. Gotta get a big frying pan for a target! Background info- that 1875mm B-17 is the last plane the talented Mr Laing designed for the long defunct HC Hobby. His previous designs for them included the 1200mm FW-190 with the short legs and massive plastic nose (GREAT flier- check our “Chin Scrapin’ Tail Draggers” video- I put Dynam FW legs on it, and it looks FABULOUS), the original 1400mm B-25, which was immediately copied by FMS, and the only really scale 1400mm Mosquito foamie. (Both of those planes had the first plastic door with sequencer landing gear doors!) Right after they produced the Mosquito, HC folded- what a drag! (I ultimately enlivened the flaps and bomb bay on mine- still haven’t made a video of it, though) Like on the B-17, his Mosquito design has wing mounted ESCs, inside the working leading edge radiators at the wingroot - I love it! HC Hobby never produced the B-17, and Mr Liang opened his own factory and started with the B-17 as his first plane. (I call him Mr Liang because that’s how Suzanne at HC Hobby always referred to him, and I never learned his first name) Much better decal set nowadays, by the way. And yeah, magnets are the way to go for the ball turret. Kenny smart man.
There is already a 3d print bomb bay out there
And 3d printed bombs for it as well.
I'm looking to get my first rc aircraft. It's obvious i shouldn't start with something like this, but wow would i like to work up to a beauty like this one day.
BUS MAN! Thanks for sharing!
Sweet plane Kenny! Look forward to the maiden and endurance testing.😃
nice looking Fortress...looking forward to seeing it in the air ! 😎... miss the 💩 show 🤣
Only issue I had was with the cowling and set screws. Didn’t exactly line up. Tiny tiny tiny.
Not heard from you Bro , You ok ?????????
nice looking plane.. but 11 minutes into the video and you are still peeling tape off the packaging, my short attention span is used up.
Just got one from ebay. I swear it's got to be fake. My manual doesn't look like that. Don't see any wing spars are where they could go. Looks kinda strange to me right now. Came like New in box parts still in plastic. My manual is color and full of Chinese kids and people poseing with it. Idk what I have my hands on right now. Looks the part just visually
WOW I'd like you to keep me updated on this as you go, even send me some photos ; what does your lower ball turret look like ? does it rotate ?